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With momentum from the wins for composting achieved during Maryland’s 2021 legislative session, ILSR’s Composting Initiative team supported three composting-related bills during Maryland’s 2022 legislative session. Our team continues to push to advance necessary and visionary policy on composting, waste diversion, and healthy soils in Maryland.… Read More
Closing the Hartford incinerator has been a long term goal of recyclers and environmental activists in the region. … Read More
A proposal to a free market plastic buyback program in Texas failed to advance during the Spring 2021 Legislative Session.… Read More
The California Plastic Waste Reduction Regulations Initiative has the potential to send ripples through the world’s fifth largest economy as the state aims to lead on waste reduction. … Read More
Waste Dive reports on bans that will help preserve the state’s landfill capacity.… Read More
Where there is civilization, there is salvage! US history is a case in point. These remarks were prepared by Neil Seldman for a Warren County webinar on reuse and economic growth. … Read More
Chemical, or advanced, recycling is another name for incineration. It’s the most expensive and most polluting way to manage plastic and other discards.… Read More
Information technology asset disposition professionals discuss the growing right-to-repair movement and its implications for the electronics refurbishing and recycling market… Read More
ILSR’s Composting for Community team has worked closely with Delegate Regina T. Boyce to introduce the Solid Waste Disposal and Diversion and On-Farm Composting and Compost Use bill (HB 1070) for Maryland’s 2022 legislative session.… Read More
